Capping San Francisco’s Panhandle Freeway: a Plan That Never Happened

San Francisco Panhandle Freeway Cap 1967, Cross-Section

The plan made a lot of sense. If you were going to have a freeway running right through San Francisco’s Panhandle, which itself connects to the eastern end of Golden Gate Park, why not partially cap it off? Edmund G. Burger, principal at Burger & Coplans, wasn’t the bad guy here, not by any stretch… Continue reading Capping San Francisco’s Panhandle Freeway: a Plan That Never Happened

Radio City Music Hall Stage Cutaway, 1950

Radio City Music Hall Stage Cutaway

Fantastic cutaway of New York’s Radio City Music Hall stage in 1950, showing the 57 foot pistons that operate the three stage elevators.  This allowed the Rockettes to perform on three different levels. Source:  Popular Mechanics, April 1950

Fantastic Department Store Cutaway, 1950s

Yet another mind-blowing cutaway from master illustrator Frank Soltesz. Few people realize that half of a department store is devoted to areas they never see.  Behind the familiar counter and displays are large areas used for stockrooms and other services that supply the selling floors out front.  there is a fur vault, complete bake shop,… Continue reading Fantastic Department Store Cutaway, 1950s